Appointments / Academic Positions
Program-Specific Assistant Professor, Institute for the Future of Human Society, Kyoto University
Sep 2024 – PresentKyoto, Japan
Visiting Researcher, Équipe AHTTEP (Architecture Histoire Technique Territoire Patrimoine), École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Paris-La Villette
Jan 2025 – Jan 2026Paris, France
Lecturer (part-time), College of Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University
Oct 2024 – Mar 2025Osaka, Japan
Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
Oct 2021 – Aug 2024Kyoto, Japan
Research Student, Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
Apr 2021 – Sep 2021Kyoto, Japan
Researcher, Architecture Research Association
Apr 2017 – Jun 2019Kyoto, Japan
Education
Ph.D. in Architectural Theory (Dissertation Doctor), Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
Jul 2022Kyoto, Japan
M.Eng. in Architecture, Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
Apr 2015 – Mar 2017Kyoto, Japan
B.Eng. in Architecture, School of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University
Apr 2011 – Mar 2015Kyoto, Japan
Publications

Accepted / Forthcoming

  • • Hayakawa, S. “Reframing Urban Ideals: Charles-Édouard Jeanneret’s 1915 Research on Land, Form, and Social Reform.” Architectural Theory Review. (Accepted, forthcoming).

    • Published

  • •Kim, T.; Hayakawa, S.; Taji, T. “Study on Diagram of Works of Iannis Xenakis (Part 2): Theory of Poiesis in Concret PH and Philips Pavilion.” Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ), Vol. 90, No. 832, Jun. 2025, pp. 1348–1359.
  • •Shu, J.; Hayakawa, S.; Taji, T. “Relation Between Reinforced Concrete and Exterior Architectural Appearance from the End of the Russo-Japanese War to the Great Kanto Earthquake in Japan.” Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ), Vol. 90, No. 827, Jan. 2025, pp. 96–107.
  • •Kim, T.; Hayakawa, S.; Taji, T. “Study on Diagram of Works of Iannis Xenakis (Part 1): Morphology in Architecture – Philips Pavilion.” Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ), Vol. 89, No. 826, Dec. 2024, pp. 2497–2508.
  • •Hayakawa, S.; Taji, T. “Between ‘Silhouette d’une ville’ and ‘Patriotisme’: Conceptions in La Construction des villes through the Lens of Georges de Montenach’s Pour le visage aimé de la patrie.” LC. Revue de recherches sur Le Corbusier, No. 9, Mar. 2024, pp. 102–117.
  • •Hayakawa, S.; Taji, T. “Theory of Urban Morphology in La Construction des Villes by Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (Part 3): Parti of Squares.” Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ), Vol. 88, No. 810, Aug. 2023, pp. 2404–2413.
  • •Hayakawa, S.; Taji, T. “Theory of Urban Morphology in La Construction des Villes by Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (Part 2): Parti of Streets.” Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ), Vol. 86, No. 790, Dec. 2021, pp. 2779–2790.
  • •Hayakawa, S.; Taji, T. “Charles-Édouard Jeanneret’s Local Patriotism in La Construction des villes and Erneuerungsbewegung in Germany” Cahiers de la recherche architecturale, urbaine et paysagère, No. 11, May 2021. https://doi.org/10.4000/craup.6988⁠
  • •Hayakawa, S.; Taji, T. “Theory of Urban Morphology in La Construction des Villes by Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (Part 1): Parti of City Blocks.” Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ), Vol. 86, No. 781, Mar. 2021, pp. 1123–1133.
  • •Toyama, K.; Hayakawa, S.; Nambu, Y.; Sugino, M.; Watanabe, C.; Hayashi, Y. “Structural Investigation of Wooden Houses in the Important Preservation District of Groups of Historic Buildings in Waki-Machi Minami-Machi, Mima City.” AIJ Journal of Technology and Design, Vol. 24, No. 56, Feb. 2018, pp. 153–158.

    • Conference Proceedings (selected)

  • •Hiraoka, J.; Miyabe, S.; Hayakawa, S.; Taji, T. “Proposal by Christian de Portzamparc et al. in the Development Proposal for Masséna on the Left Bank of the Seine, Paris (Part 2).” Summaries of Technical Papers of Annual Meeting Architectural Institute of Japan, Aug. 2024, pp.287-288.
  • •Jo, R; Hayakawa, S.; Taji, T. “Concrete Christian churches in 20th century France and its colonial countries Part2.” Summaries of Technical Papers of Annual Meeting Architectural Institute of Japan, Aug. 2024, pp. 715-716.
  • •Hayakawa, S.; Taji, T. “The Influence by Georges de Montenach in Charles-Édouard Jeanneret’s “La Construction des Villes” and the Idea of the “Silhouette d’une ville”.” Summaries of Technical Papers of Annual Meeting Architectural Institute of Japan, Jul. 2023, pp. 269-270.
  • •Kakuma, N.;Hayakawa, S.; Taji, T. "Ch.-Éd. Jeanneret “Étude sur le Mouvement d’Art Décoratif en Allemagne” - Part 3", AIJ Kinki Chapter research meeting, Jun. 2021, pp. 497-500.
  • •Hayakawa, S.; Taji, T. “Jeannert's Thought of Nature in “Cemetery” of “La Construction des Villes”.” Summaries of technical papers of annual meeting Architectural Institute of Japan, Aug. 2016, pp. 269-270.
  • •Full list of AIJ conference papers (2015–2024) available upon request.
    • Refereed Conference Presentation
    “Logical Structure in Charles-Édouard Jeanneret’s Unfinished Manuscript La Construction des villes.”

    Annual Meeting of the Society for Architectural Historians of Japan (SAHJ).(Peer-reviewed abstract /​ refereed conference presentation)

    Apr 2023Tokyo, Japan
    Awards
    Young Encouragement Award, Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Kyoto University Graduate School of Engineering.
    May 2024
    The Yamada Kazuie Awards (Doctoral Dissertation Award), The Maeda Engineering Foundation.
    Mar 2024
    Best Presentation Award for Young Presenters. 2016 Annual Meeting of The Architectural Institute of Japan, Architectural History and Design Division, Jeanners thought of Nature in Cemetery of La Construction des Viles", Architectural Institute of Japan.
    Mar 2017
    Grants
    Major Competitive Grants

    2025–2028

    Quantitative Visualization of Sustainability in the Construction Industry through the Determination of an Appropriate Construction Volume Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Co-Investigator.

    2025–2028

    Multifaceted Analysis of the Modernization Process in Charles-Édouard Jeanneret’s Urban Design Theory Funded Research Project Principal Investigator.

    2024–2028

    Reception of Urban Fabric Theory in France and Its Development into Urban Design Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Co-Investigator.

    Other Research Grants (Selected)

    2025–2026

    Exploring the Evolution of the “Urbanisme” Concept in the Early 20th Century through Case Studies of the Exposition de la Cité reconstituée Long-term Research Program, The Kajima Foundation Principal Investigator.

    2025–2026

    Spatial Practices and Cultural Inclusivity in “Kyoto-Style Arts Centers”: A Study Based on Spatial Use and Cultural Programming Collaborative Research Project, Institute for the Future of Human Society, Kyoto University Co-Investigator. PIs: Yohei Seiyama, Sayuri Hayakawa

    2023–2024

    Transformation Process of Pre-modern Urban Design Theories Focusing on Ecology and Physiognomy Institute for the Future of Human Society, Kyoto University Principal Investigator.

    Full list available upon request.

    Invited Talks
    From Charles-Édouard Jeanneret’s Urban Morphology to the Emergence and Circulation of the Concept of “Urbanisme” at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century, Intellectual and Cultural Transfers across the French-speaking, German-speaking, and Japanese Worlds

    The 25th Nichi-Doku Joint Lecture

    Nov 2025Heidelberg, Germany
    Financial Landscapes: Spatial Design and Community Building in Japanese Regional Economies

    Territorial Sensibilities & Architectural Borders in Mutation.

    Jul 2025Online
    Time, Tissue, and Corporalité: Rethinking the City Through Aging

    EHESS × Heidelberg × Kyoto Trilateral Project Seminar: “Mediating Plurality of Aging.”

    Jul 2025Heidelberg, Germany
    De « La Construction des villes » à « Urbanisme » : Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, le territoire et les idées en mouvement

    Post-master recherches en architecture immersion 2024-2025, Équipe AHTTEP (Architecture Histoire Technique Territoire Patrimoine), École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Paris-La Villette.

    Jun 2025Paris, France
    Origins of Urban Theory: Ecology and Physiognomy in Early 20th-Century France

    Institute for the Future of Human Society, Annual Research Project Symposium “Toward New Integrated Knowledge from the Humanities and Social Sciences.”

    Mar 2024Kyoto, Japan
    Theory of urban morphology and its ideological background in “La Construction des villes” by Charles-Édouard Jeannerets

    Doctoral Dissertation Lecture Series, Architectural Theory Division, AIJ Kinki Chapter.

    Dec 2023Osaka, Japan
    The Concept of ‘Patriotisme’ and Logical Structure in Charles-Édouard Jeanneret’s La Construction des villes

    9th Architectural Theory Workshop.

    Nov 2022Kyoto, Japan